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Warning: Not everything that looks like the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit - and the Church needs to know the difference!

Healings, prophecies, tongues, signs, and wonders are on the rise in the Church, but so is deception. We have to ask: Can the demonic actually counterfeit the gifts of the Holy Spirit? In this episode, we explore Scripture, church history, and theology to give you a serious, grounded answer.

From the sorcerers of Pharaoh's court mimicking the miracles of Moses (Exodus 7:11–12), to the witch of Endor who brings up Samuel from the dead (1 Samuel 28), to the slave girl in Philippi whose spirit of divination produced accurate prophecy (Acts 16:16–18), the Bible is remarkably frank that the enemy is in the business of imitation. Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14), and his servants are no different.

Working through passages like Deuteronomy 13, Acts 16:16-18, Matthew 7:21-23, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, and 1 John 4:1-3, the guys walk through a biblical framework for discernment. Doctrine matters. But so does character, track record, submission to a local body, and the spiritual gift of discernment of spirits. 

They also wrestle with one of the strangest categories in Scripture: unbelievers who traffic in real spiritual power. Balaam. Caiaphas. The judges. The slave girl in Philippi who prophesied accurate things by a python spirit. What do we do with that? The answer isn't to run from the supernatural, but rather to pursue maturity so you can recognize the real thing.

The goal isn't fear. It's discernment. Moses didn't stop demonstrating God's power just because Pharaoh's magicians could mimic a few signs. And the church today shouldn't either. We pursue the genuine. We hold it up against the false. And we trust that Yahweh is still greater than the gods of Egypt.

0:00 – Introduction
5:13 – Counterfeit Miracles Defined
7:45 – Pharaoh's Magicians Examined
13:08 – Discerning True vs. False
19:36 – Slave Girl, Deuteronomy 13
31:37 – Unbelievers Trafficking Holy Spirit
47:38 – Eschatological False Prophets
54:04 – Personal Experiences Shared
58:09 – Biblical Evidence Summary
1:00:54 – Closing: Christ-Centered Gifts

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Did you know the Bible has thousands of hidden threads woven through it that most Christians have never been shown? There are approximately 350 direct Old Testament quotations in the New Testament, but over 3,000 allusions - indirect references scholars have documented that never made it into study Bibles.

Dr. Benjamin Gladd, executive director of the Carson Center for Theological Renewal at The Gospel Coalition joins the show to talk about Connecting Scripture, a unique, first-of-its-kind study Bible he co-authored with G.K. Beale, that makes exploring these threads possible for the everyday Christian.

This isn't just a study Bible upgrade. It's a whole new way of reading. Ben explains the difference between a direct quotation - those flashing red lights moments like "that it might be fulfilled" - and an allusion, which functions more like an Easter egg hidden in the text. Think of John 1:1 ("In the beginning was the Word") deliberately echoing Genesis 1:1.

We also get into some of the harder questions. What do you do when the New Testament seems to use the Old Testament in ways that invert or even contradict the original meaning? And how did the Apostles read the Scriptures? Did the Old Testament authors actually know what they were writing?

This episode is the kind of biblical theology content that feeds your soul and sharpens your mind. Don't miss it.

0:00 – Introduction
0:43 – Dr. Benjamin Gladd
1:47 – Connecting Scripture Study Bible
4:11 – Quotations vs. Allusions
11:08 – Identifying Intentional Allusions
22:07 – Irony in OT Use
26:16 – Typology Explained
33:06 – Apostolic Hermeneutics
47:48 – Authorial Intent Mystery
1:04:13 – Scripture Authority Debate
1:05:41 – Closing Thoughts

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Are most, if not all, unbelievers demonized? It sounds extreme. But Scripture might be less ambiguous about this than the modern church wants to admit.

Most Christians default to one picture when they hear the word "demonized" - the Gadarene demoniac from Mark 5, a naked man in the tombs, chains broken, screaming at Jesus. That's a level 10. But the Bible describes demonic influence across a spectrum, and the passages we tend to skip suggest that every person outside of Christ is somewhere on it.

Paul says the "god of this age" has blinded the minds of unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4:4). He describes Satan as the spirit actively at work in "the sons of disobedience" (Ephesians 2:2). John writes that "the whole world lies in the power of the evil one" (1 John 5:19). And in 1 Corinthians 10, Paul makes the explicit connection between idol worship and demon worship, which means that since everyone worships something before coming to Christ, no one gets a pass.

This isn't a fringe charismatic idea. It's the Bible's own framework for understanding the spiritual condition of the lost. And if it's true, it changes everything: how we pray, how we evangelize, and what it means to walk someone out of darkness and into the kingdom.

In this episode, we examine the biblical case and ask the most important follow-up question: what should believers actually be doing about it?

0:00 – Introduction
4:50 – Defining Demonization
8:46 – Possession vs. Oppression Spectrum
15:17 – Satan's Biblical Dominion
22:41 – Kingdom Transfer Scriptures
37:26 – Moral Responsibility Question
42:44 – Fear vs. Engagement
55:01 – Deliverance at Conversion?

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What happens when a charismatic prophet's own documented words contradict each other repeatedly, across years, in print and on video? Joshua Lewis and Michael Rowntree bring independent researcher Joshua Harris onto Remnant Radio to walk through the cumulative case on Jeremiah Johnson: prophetic inconsistency, documented plagiarism, and a pattern that the body of Christ needs to weigh carefully.

Joshua Harris has spent months building a documented, timestamped case across multiple categories, and what he found goes far deeper than one bad prophecy or one misremembered detail. 

This is the one-stop episode on everything regarding the allegations against Jeremiah Johnson: false prophecy, plagiarism, fabricated testimony, and what a leaked leadership meeting reveals about how Jeremiah is spinning the narrative behind closed doors.

0:00 – Introduction
5:28 – Trump Trumpet Prophecy
16:20 – Jeremiah's Response
22:18 – Boom in the Upper Room
39:14 – Josiah Johnson Plagiarism
43:47 – Lauren Sanford Plagiarism
52:23 – JD Hall Plagiarism
56:14 – Gift of Manasseh
1:09:07 – Elder Board Confrontations
1:25:20 – Leaked Leadership Meeting
1:43:14 – Response and Appeal
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What if your theology of deliverance has blind spots you haven't considered yet? Joshua Lewis, Michael Rowntree, and Michael Miller consider some provocative ideas about how the demonic operates, and then push back on each other to find solid ground.

This is theology done with friends around a table. Not from a pulpit. These are hot takes, not finished doctrines - and that's the point.

If you've ever felt theologically homeless between 'demons don't exist' and unaccountable, hyper-charismatic excess, this episode was made for you. 

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